Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published ...

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A study of two large European patient cohorts has found that for every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient's gut, the risk of hospitalization for any infection falls by between 14 ...

An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the ...

A huge new gut microbe analysis points to a possible early alarm for type 2 diabetes, long before blood sugar starts to rise.

It’s long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority of kidney stones, which are caused by calcium oxalate crystals, don’t host ...

When scientists assess how dangerous a bacterium is, the first question often seems simple: Can it be stopped or killed? In ...

Researchers have found that gargling with an antiseptic mouthwash can reduce so-called 'bad' bacteria in the mouths of patients with type 2 diabetes. Notably, this reduction in bacteria was ...

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There is growing evidence that ongoing inflammation in the mouth, such as that seen in gum disease, in addition to causing bad breath is associated with serious diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or ...